Porch swing



" July I, 1930.

R. HENDRIX PORCH SWING- Filed May 31, 1929 INVENTOR li ayflandr Avid.

ATTORNE these extensions are each formed witha pludownwardly to form hook-shaped portions 90 5e extensions of the beams 5 and is supported j' UNITED sATEsr-ATEN clerics Applicationfiled May 31, 192a Serial racemes.

This invention relates to a swing for use in adjusted position by a rod 11 which has I on porches and thelike, the general object of. its ends passing through "any desired pair of V the invention being to provide a swing of holes 8 in thebeams, so that the back willj great strength and which'can be manufacrest against said rod. Hook-shaped mem- 5 tured to sell at low cost and one in which the bers 12 are passed through holes in the ends back can be adjusted to various positions to of the rod to hold the rod in place, the hook suit the desires of the user. j parts of these members fitting over the beams This invention also consists in certain other 5, as shown. f I features of Construction and in the combina- U bolts '13 are fastened to the ends of the I 1;) tion and arrangement of the several parts, beam 5 to receive the "chains 14; which sus-' to be hereinafterfully described illustrated pend the swing from the po-rch ceiling: or in the accompanying drawing and specificalother support.

ly pointed out in the appended claim. Thus I, haveprovided a swing of simple In describing the invention in detail, refand inexpensive construction and of consid- 15. ei-ence will be had to the accompanying drawera-ble strengthand one in which the back ing' wherein like characters denote like or can be adjusted to various inclined positions. corresponding parts" throughout the several It is thought from the foregoing descripviews, and in which 7 tion that the advantages and novel features Figure 1 is a front view of the swing. of the invention will be readilyapparent. Figure 2 is an end view thereof. It is to be understood that changes may be Figure 3 is a top plan view. 7 7 made in the construction and in the conibina- Figure 4 is a View of the member for holdtion and arrangement of the several parts,

ing the back rod in adjusted position.- provided that such changes fall within the In these views, the numeral 1 indicates a scope of the appended claim. :25 front part of a bottom frame, and the nu-" WVhat I claim is meral 2 the end pieces of the frame. trips A porch swing comprising a seat, a pluor slats 8 have their ends connected with the rality of spaced slats secured at their lower end pieces 2 to'form the seat portion of the ends to theseat, horizontally disposed bars swing. Vertically arranged slatsthave their [connecting the upper ends of the slats and I 3:; lower ends secured to the end piecesand the extending rearwardly of and in a plane above 50 upper ends of these slats are connected with the seat and having a plurality of relatively the bars 5, the slats and bars forming the ends spaced openings in the portions thereof that of the seat portion of the swing. A strip 6 project beyond the seat, a back rest. pivoted is fastened to the upper edge of each bar 5 to the seat and inclining upwardly therefrom 35 and forms an arm rest. I prefer to connect between said bars, a rod extending through a the ends of the end slats 4 to the pieces 2 and pair of said openings in the bars, and having 5 by the bolts 7 to strengthen the structure. apertures in its ends and locking members [is shown, the bars 5 extend a considerable extending through the apertures and having distance in rear of the seat of the swing and 7 their upper portions bent at right angles and rality of holes 8. adapted to 'engageover the upper edges of The back A of the swing is formed of the the bars. p pair of bars 9'and the slats 10 which have In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. their ends securedto the bars 9 and the lower RGY HENDRIX.

45 ends of these bars are pivotally connected by the rear bolts 7 to the rear ends of the pieces 2, so that the back can be swung into various positions with respect to the seat part of the swing. This back is arranged between the 0 

